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“How about next week? I have some work I need to finish up,” she said.
“Promise?”
She held out her pinkie, and Eric twisted his with hers. “Promise.”
Oh, thank goodness. Lincoln wouldn’t come without his sister, so I was safe for a week.
“Thanks for the lift,” Miss Adeline said. “We’ll see you tomorrow.” She grinned. “Enjoy your ice cream.” She spoke the word as if it were naughty.
“Well, I’m sure we’ll wait until Beau and Lincoln come next week, won’t we—”
“I’m free now,” Lincoln blurted.
Oh crud. You have got to be kidding.
“Oh good,” Eric said, excitedly.
Miss Adeline laughed as I hugged her. “Behave.”
“Never,” she whispered back.
“I know you’re going over there to avoid me.” Beau spoke in her brother’s ear, but I was close enough to hear.
“Can I expect you home this evening?” He glossed over her assessment like he avoided uncomfortable topics on a routine basis.
“Can I expect you?” She mocked him in a deep voice that matched his and waved goodbye as she floated out of the rescue.
“Since Lincoln is coming over, we can have ice cream before dinner, right?” Eric linked his arm through mine while we moved to the elevator.
I rarely allowed ice cream before dinner. Sometimes ice cream was dinner, but it was important to me to keep some sort of healthy structure for Eric.
“Why not?”
That meant Lincoln would have one scoop of ice cream and go.
Eric fist-pumped. “Lincoln, you’re coming over for ice cream tomorrow too.”
